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Kanye West Rapper, Producer, Fashion Designer
Winning

"What I had to learn from Kim is how to take more of her advice and less of other people's advice. There's a lot of Kim K skills that were added. In order to win at life, you need some Kim K skills, period."

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Florynce Kennedy Civil Rights Activist
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"You've got to rattle your cage door. You've got to let them know that you're in there, and that you want out. Make noise. Cause trouble. You may not win right away, but you'll sure have a lot more fun."

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Niccolo Machiavelli Political Philosopher, Historian
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"A battle that you win cancels any other bad action of yours. In the same way, by losing one, all the good things worked by you before become vain."

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Jeff Bezos Entrepreneur
Winning

"Our premise is there are going to be a lot of winners. It's not winner take all. Other people do not have to lose for us to win."

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Paulo Coelho Writer
Winning

"In real life, love has to be possible. Even if it is not returned right away, love can only survive when the hope exists that you will be able to win over the person you desire."

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Eliot Spitzer Politician
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"Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we don't like to admit it. It is fallible despite the best efforts of most within it to do justice. And this fallibility is, at the end of the day, the most compelling, persuasive, and winning argument against a death penalty."

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Sarah Bernhardt Actress, Playwright
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"Alas, we are the victims of advertisement. Those who taste the joys and sorrows of fame when they have passed forty, know how to look after themselves. They know what is concealed beneath the flowers, and what the gossip, the calumnies, and the praise are worth. But as for those who win fame when they are twenty, they know nothing, and are caught up in the whirlpool."

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Sun Tzu Military Strategist
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"In warfare, there are no constant conditions. He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent will succeed and win."

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"Each time I take a role, I'm always nervous about it at the beginning and I'm always afraid what if that, what if this. Every time I take a role and I'm somewhat terrified at the beginning and I get into it and I start working, that's a big win for me. So, really it is stepping forward in the face of whatever fears that I've created for myself and going forward anyway and those are always big moments for me."

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J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter
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"Miss Granger, you foolish girl, how could you think of tackling a mountain troll on your own? Five points will be taken from Gryffindor for this,” said Professor McGonagall. “I’m very disappointed in you.” Hermione left. Professor McGonagall turned to Harry and Ron. “Well, I still say you were lucky, but not many first years could have taken on a full-grown mountain troll. You each win Gryffindor five points."

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John Ruskin Art Critic, Writer
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"You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil."

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